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Help Needed - No Idea About Winter Tyres
« on: September 06, 2013, 07:38:36 pm »
Hey up guys, Im ok when selecting my summer tyres, but i have no idea about picking winter tyres as i have never bought any. I usually just leave the car on the drive.

So lets pretend i know nothing. At the minute my summer tyres are 18 x 225 x 40.  Do i need to get the same size or can you go to 45 or even 50 and adjust speed on MFD, and presume you still get 225 or would 215 work better with stretch?

Also, can anyone recommend a budget Winter with half decent rain / snow performance. Also looking to buy if anyone has any,

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Re: Help Needed - No Idea About Winter Tyres
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2013, 08:10:38 pm »
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Re: Help Needed - No Idea About Winter Tyres
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2013, 08:11:54 pm »
Tyre Reviews.co.uk will also give you a heads up mate.

Personally would stick with a known brand. Rather than chinese budget versions etc. I really rate my Conti ts830P 'winters'.

These things 'fairly obviously' tend need more tread to work. So whilst secondhand summer tyres are ok at 3/4 mm winters not so.

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Re: Help Needed - No Idea About Winter Tyres
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2013, 08:16:58 pm »
Tyre Reviews.co.uk will also give you a heads up mate.

Personally would stick with a known brand. Rather than chinese budget versions etc. I really rate my Conti ts830P 'winters'.

These things 'fairly obviously' tend need more tread to work. So whilst secondhand summer tyres are ok at 3/4 mm winters not so.

I'm going to test this theory out this winter, have an old pair of 3/4mm Goodyear Ultragrips and plan on grabbing some Conti 830/850's and have some brand new AS2's, just for sh*ts and giggles.

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Re: Help Needed - No Idea About Winter Tyres
« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2013, 09:12:29 pm »
See the reviews section on the forum. Nankang Snow SV-2 gets a great review  :happy2:
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Re: Re: Help Needed - No Idea About Winter Tyres
« Reply #5 on: September 06, 2013, 09:32:36 pm »
Stupid question but do you really need them ?? If you live in town then maybe not ..I've looked into it myself and for the amount of time we get snow in the Midlands it didn't really seem worth it ..now I know winter tyres work really from below 5 degrees where as summer tyres start to loose it at below these temps ..but it's still a bit of an outlay ?

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Re: Re: Help Needed - No Idea About Winter Tyres
« Reply #6 on: September 06, 2013, 10:06:38 pm »
Stupid question but do you really need them ?? If you live in town then maybe not ..I've looked into it myself and for the amount of time we get snow in the Midlands it didn't really seem worth it ..now I know winter tyres work really from below 5 degrees where as summer tyres start to loose it at below these temps ..but it's still a bit of an outlay ?

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Not just for snow, for rain as well. I was going around a medium size round-about today (a bit fast i admit) and the back end stepped out fairly easy (it was raining very heavy).

Just thought it would be a good purchase so i can keep my speed / over exuberant cornering up in the winter months
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Re: Help Needed - No Idea About Winter Tyres
« Reply #7 on: September 06, 2013, 10:18:47 pm »
Stupid question but do you really need them ?? If you live in town then maybe not ..I've looked into it myself and for the amount of time we get snow in the Midlands it didn't really seem worth it ..now I know winter tyres work really from below 5 degrees where as summer tyres start to loose it at below these temps ..but it's still a bit of an outlay ?

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Different strokes for different folks mate, I know in the winter, the roads I drive are going to be covered in snow/ice/slush, they are also going to include inclines and declines - I've tried summer boots on those roads and it's been extremely sketchy, easily halving my speed limit. The same roads on winter boots is like comparing it to a summers day in the rain; uneventful.  

But Summer tyre users do hold you up, lol.


After 5 mins of waiting they pulled over, and the winter booted GTI pulled away with little to no wheelspin... WTF.. I feel for the van drivers because they were clearly not going to make those rounds that day, BUT it may make their employers stick some winter stickys on for them!!

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Re: Help Needed - No Idea About Winter Tyres
« Reply #8 on: September 06, 2013, 10:23:25 pm »
Can't understand for the life of me people who slag off winter tyres. 1: They're not snow tires, 2: yes they're more expensive but some facts to counteract these 2 points - 1: Summer tyres wear quicker than winter tyres in colder temps, so by taking them off and storing them until the summer you're not putting any wear on them. 2: Peace of mind that you'll never get stuck in an emergency.

This says it all really


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Re: Help Needed - No Idea About Winter Tyres
« Reply #9 on: September 06, 2013, 10:33:58 pm »
Even an M3 with 255 rears becomes perfectly drivable in snow with winter tyres! Say no more really!


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Re: Help Needed - No Idea About Winter Tyres
« Reply #10 on: September 06, 2013, 10:36:24 pm »
Nice, I've got a 33% here that the Golf does winter booted... just, with some squiggles :happy2:

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Re: Help Needed - No Idea About Winter Tyres
« Reply #11 on: September 06, 2013, 10:38:29 pm »
Haha! It gets better! Even a 4x4 is totally pretty useless against the winter booted M3!

« Last Edit: September 06, 2013, 10:56:28 pm by MPS »

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Re: Help Needed - No Idea About Winter Tyres
« Reply #12 on: September 06, 2013, 10:41:57 pm »
Seen them matey... too true, it's all in the compound, the summer boot freezes up so doesn't matter if it's 6WD it's still 6 blocks of frozen wood spinning around... now change those babies to winters and you have something special:

« Last Edit: September 06, 2013, 10:44:32 pm by Scottymon »

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Re: Help Needed - No Idea About Winter Tyres
« Reply #13 on: September 06, 2013, 10:43:21 pm »
Some one mention tyres :grin:
winter tyres are worth it..

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Re: Help Needed - No Idea About Winter Tyres
« Reply #14 on: September 06, 2013, 10:47:11 pm »
I don't know whether it's the child within me, But I really fancy an Impreza WRX/STI this winter, there's something about that offbeat boxer sound that's quite intoxicating, anyone with me? 
I'd keep the Golf, but just want the Impreza parked up somewhere, lol. :party: